Holding(s) in Company

Wincanton PLC
22 January 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   Name of company

     WINCANTON PLC

2)   Name of shareholder having a major interest

     Legal & General Investment Management Limited

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
     holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     Non-beneficial

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
     number of shares held by each of them

     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 887711 -   495,584
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 775245 -   530,652
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 357206 - 2,651,249
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 747381 -   227,980
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 866203 -   168,285
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 754612 -   425,000
     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/C 360509 -   101,540

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

     Not stated

6)   Percentage of issued class

     n/a

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     Not stated

8)   Percentage of issued class

     n/a

9)   Class of security

     Ordinary 10 pence

10)  Date of transaction

     Not stated

11)  Date company informed

     22nd January 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

     4,600,290

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     4.00%
     Based on issued share capital of 114,781,227

14)  Any additional information

     None

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     Julia Stone - Tel: [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
     making this notification

     Charles Phillips
     Secretary, Wincanton plc

     Date of notification 22nd January 2003



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